IAM Policies
Over permissioned users, overly broad role bindings, and misconfigured resource hierarchies that give attackers more reach than your team realizes.
// Expert Google Cloud Platform Security Assessment
Google Cloud Platform Security Assessment & Penetration Testing Services
Find the GCP Risks Scanners Miss
Strengthen your Google Cloud environment with comprehensive GCP Security Assessment, security testing, and penetration testing services. Pluto Security evaluates your GCP infrastructure, IAM, network configurations, workloads, exposed resources, and security controls to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential attack paths. Get clear security findings, risk insights, and actionable recommendations to improve your overall Google Cloud security posture.
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- Zero False Positives
Every finding is validated by hand before it reaches your report, so your team acts on real risk, not scanner noise.
- Certified Operators
OSCP, CISSP, and GIAC certified testers run every GCP engagement from start to finish.
- Framework Aligned
All testing maps to OWASP, NIST, PTES, and MITRE ATT&CK, so your report holds up with auditors.
- Free Retest Included
Once you fix the issues, we retest every affected area at no extra cost to confirm the risk is closed.
About Our GCP Security Assessment
A Manual GCP Cloud Security Assessment, Not a Scan Report
Wondering how to properly assess your GCP environment beyond what a native scanner flags? Most automated tools surface what's already documented in a dashboard somewhere and miss everything else. A genuine Google Cloud Platform security assessment requires operators who understand how attackers chain together small missteps, an over scoped IAM role here, an exposed service account key there, into full project compromise. Pluto Security's certified operators manually test your GCP environment from an attacker's perspective, validating every finding by hand before it ever reaches your report. No scanner noise, no false positives, just clear evidence of what's exploitable and a practical path to fix it.
Proven exploitable findings only
Zero scanner noise guaranteed
Compliance mapped every time
Free retest always included
// Scope
Full Scope Coverage Across Your GCP Environment
Service Account Configurations
Excessive service account permissions, exposed service account keys, and impersonation paths that open a route to privilege escalation across your projects.
Cloud Storage
Publicly exposed buckets, unencrypted data, and broken access controls that put sensitive data at risk.
GCP Workloads
Exposed Compute Engine instances, insecure GKE configurations, and weak identity bindings across your compute and container layers.
VPC and Network Configuration
Misconfigured firewall rules, open management ports, and segmentation gaps that expose internal resources to unnecessary risk.
Secrets and Credentials
Hardcoded keys, exposed API credentials, and improperly stored secrets in Secret Manager or application code that give attackers a direct path in.
// Methodology
How a Google Cloud Platform Security Assessment Engagement Works
- 01
Scoping
We map your GCP environment and define the assessment criteria that matter most to your business, whether that's a single project or your full multi project organization.
- 02
Testing
Certified operators manually test your IAM policies, service account configurations, Cloud Storage, and workloads using attacker driven methodology, with automation supporting coverage, never replacing the work.
- 03
Reporting
You get a clear, audit ready report that ranks findings by real business risk, backed by proof of exploitation.
- 04
Remediation Support
We walk your team through fixes step by step, so findings turn into resolved issues.
- 05
Free Retest
Once fixes are in place, we retest the affected systems at no extra cost to confirm the risk is closed.
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// What we deliver
Audit Ready Reports Built for GCP Teams
Every engagement ends with a report built for your engineers and your leadership alike, detailed enough to guide remediation and clear enough to hand to an auditor.
- Detailed GCP Security Findings
Clear documentation of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed resources, and security control weaknesses.
- Risk & Impact Analysis
Evaluate the severity, potential impact, and risk associated with identified Google Cloud security issues.
- Technical Assessment Evidence
Provide supporting evidence and technical context to validate findings and help your team understand each security issue.
- GCP Penetration Testing Results
Document validated vulnerabilities, potential attack paths, and security weaknesses identified through controlled testing.
Why Choose Pluto Security?
Manual Testing, Built for GCP Environments
GCP environments change constantly, and a point-in-time scan can't keep pace with how quickly an over privileged service account turns into a breach. That's why our Google Cloud Platform security assessment is built around certified humans who understand how attackers actually move through your projects.
Manual First
Our operators find chained attack paths and privilege escalation routes that automated tools miss entirely.
Certified Operators
Every engagement is run by testers holding OSCP, CISSP, and GIAC credentials, many of whom also maintain their own Google Cloud certifications to stay current on Google's evolving security tooling.
Zero False Positives
We prove exploitability before anything lands in your report.
Compliance Ready
Deliverables map directly to SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and NIST CSF, and can be cross-referenced against Google Cloud's own responses to Cloud Security Alliance Consensus Assessments for audit conversations that require it.
Testing That Mirrors Real Attackers
- We test your GCP environment the way an attacker would, chaining small misconfigurations across IAM policies, service accounts, and Cloud Storage into real, business impacting attack paths.
- We validate every finding by hand before it reaches your report, so your team never chases a false positive.
- We map every result to the compliance frameworks your auditors and customers actually ask about.
- We assess your IAM role bindings and service account permissions for privilege escalation paths that automated tools consistently overlook.
What you get
- Comprehensive GCP Security Findings
- IAM & Identity Security Insights
- GCP Infrastructure & Network Assessment
- Risk & Attack Path Analysis
Methodologies and Frameworks We Follow
- OWASP
- NIST
- PTES
- MITRE ATT&CK
// Business impact
A Compliant GCP Environment Isn't Always a Secure One
Passing an audit tells you your controls exist on paper. It doesn't tell you whether an attacker can chain an over privileged service account to a Cloud Storage bucket full of customer data. A thorough Google Cloud Platform security assessment closes that gap before it becomes an incident report.
Misconfigurations Are the #1 Breach Vector
Most GCP incidents trace back to a misconfigured IAM binding or exposed storage bucket, not a sophisticated zero day attack.
Scanners Miss What Attackers Find
Automated tools catch known signatures, but they consistently miss chained vulnerabilities and context-dependent risks that real attackers exploit.
IAM Weaknesses Open the Entire Project
A single over-permissioned role binding can give an attacker a path from initial access to full administrative control across your GCP environment.
Compliance Doesn't Equal Security
Passing a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit confirms your controls exist on paper, it doesn't confirm they'd hold up against a real attack.
GCP Environments Change Fast
New resources, updated role bindings, and infrastructure changes can introduce new risk daily, making point in time testing critical to staying ahead.
Cloud Storage Buckets Are Under Tested
Buckets are frequently deployed with excessive public access that goes unnoticed until an attacker finds them first.
Privilege Escalation Is Rarely Obvious
Attackers chain together small service account and IAM misconfigurations to escalate privileges in ways that neither automated tools nor internal reviews typically catch.
The Cost of a Breach Outweighs the Cost of Testing
A single GCP breach can trigger regulatory fines, customer churn, and reputational damage that far exceeds the investment in proactive security testing.
// FAQ
Google Cloud Platform Security Assessment Questions & Answered
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// Ready to test your GCP environment?
See What's Actually Exploitable in Your GCP Project
Get a free security assessment from a senior engineer. Real, manual findings across IAM policies, service account configurations, Cloud Storage, and GCP workloads, not an automated scan report.